# Edward Witten acknowledges AI in a physics preprint

> Original title: 破天荒！物理学「教皇」威滕33页独作致敬 AI，Claude提出关键构造

- Source: AI Era
- Published: 2026-11-08T00:03:54.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/qi1joy872ea46j9jjqiay8qee
- Original: https://aiera.com.cn/2026/11/08/other/admin/122829/%e7%a0%b4%e5%a4%a9%e8%8d%92%ef%bc%81%e7%89%a9%e7%90%86%e5%ad%a6%e3%80%8c%e6%95%99%e7%9a%87%e3%80%8d%e5%a8%81%e6%bb%9533%e9%a1%b5%e7%8b%ac%e4%bd%9c%e8%87%b4%e6%95%ac-ai%ef%bc%8cclaude%e6%8f%90%e5%87%ba/

## Summary

Edward Witten, the only physicist to win the Fields Medal, publicly thanks AI in the acknowledgments of a recent preprint. The source excerpt, which contains only the opening of the acknowledgment, does not give the full wording or the specific contribution.